Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. WBD scored 16.1, NYT scored 70.4 — NYT leads.
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WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
Entertainment · Quality-Growth
16.1
$30.95 · $77.6B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
54.3
NYT leads
NYT
The New York Times Company
Publishing · Quality-Growth
70.4
$66.32 · $10.7B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthNYT+9.2%
Strongest balance sheetNYT0.00
Highest qualityNYT85 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueNYT-4%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
WBD
stronger →← stronger
NYT
27
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
85
14
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
74
11
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
55
NYT is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
WBD
NYT
$2.2bB
FCF
$623mC+
-6.1%D
Rev
+9.2%B
0.94B
D/E
0.00A
2.1xB
P/S
—
55.18D
PEG
3.79D
—
P/E
27.6xC+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
WBD
NYT
191% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
4% below
~37%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~6%/yr
-69%
1-yr DCF upside
-3%
-66%
5-yr DCF upside
+4%
-61%
10-yr DCF upside
+16%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
WBD
No notable signals flagged.
NYT
Why this score
Raising its dividend
The companies
WBDWarner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
Entertainment · $30.95 · beta 1.54
Why now
Entertainment · market cap $77.6b. Trading near 52-week high of $30.99 — momentum setup, limited technical margin of safety. Revenue -6% — in contraction; any catalyst that reverses this triggers re-rating. 8 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $30.63 (implying -1% upside).
Moat
$77.6b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Revenue contracting -6% — the operational turn is not yet visible in the top line. Currently unprofitable (margin -8.8%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk. Trading within 0% of the 52-week high — limited technical margin of safety; a momentum reversal would test conviction.
NYTThe New York Times Company
Publishing · $66.32 · beta 0.92
Why now
Publishing · market cap $10.7b. Down 24% from 52-week high of $87.10 — deep drawdown territory. 9 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $76.89 (implying +16% upside).
Moat
Net margin 13% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 20% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 159% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where WBD and NYT diverge
On the headline score the gap is 54.3 points in favor of NYT. The widest single difference is Growth, where NYT leads by 59.8 points.
GrowthWBD 14.4 · NYT 74.2NYT +59.8
QualityWBD 27.2 · NYT 85.5NYT +58.3
ValueWBD 10.6 · NYT 55.1NYT +44.5
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is NYT or WBD the better stock?
NYT scores higher: NYT 70.4, WBD 16.1 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do NYT and WBD differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where NYT leads by 60 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. NYT leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are NYT and WBD scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.